Relaxed Focus: Today's Internets - "Don't be mad, UPS is hiring..."

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Today's Internets - "Don't be mad, UPS is hiring..."

Throwback Thursday, Bitches - "Niggas is mad I get more butt than ashtrays, Fuck a fair one I get mine the fast way, Ski mask way nigga, ransom notes, Far from handsome, but damn a nigga tote... You're mad cause my style you're admiring - Don't be mad, UPS is hiring..."

Craig Mack - Flava In Ya Ear (Remix) by keyzz

Yeah, addiction is mostly bullshit. As is the "War on Stuff That Makes You Feel Good That People Call Addiction." - Crack and meth addicts probably aren't as addicted as you think - Boing Boing:
"Addiction — in the neuro-biological can't-get-enough-dopamine sense — might not be as powerful as pop culture would have us believe. A Columbia University psychology researcher has found that only about 20% of meth and crack users actually end up physiologically addicted. And, even those people are capable of making rational choices — including denying themselves a hit of their drug-of-choice in favor of a delayed monetary award. Based on his research, Carl Hart believes that drug use is merely a symptom of a life that's gone awry for other, more systemic, reasons."

Yeah, of course they did - DOJ Padded Number of Terrorism Convictions : Reason.com:

"The Department of Justice has overstated the number of defendants who have been found guilty of terrorism-related crimes, according to an audit. Some were misreported. Some were counted more than once. Some even had their charges dismissed." -- Audit: Justice Dept. office overstated terrorism conviction statistics - The Washington Post

RIP - Famed boxer Ken Norton, who defeated Muhammad Ali, dies at age 70 - CNN.com:

"Forty years after rising to the top of the boxing world and outdueling Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton lost his final fight -- a battle following a stroke -- at a Nevada medical facility, a friend said. He was 70 years old when he died Wednesday at a Veterans Affairs' medical facility in Henderson, Nevada, according to Gene Kilroy, who had managed Ali and more recently visited Norton as he recovered from a stroke.

...the elder Norton was one of the most prominent figures in all of sports during the 1970s -- in large part because of his consistently great bouts with Ali. Their first showdown, in 1973, ended with Norton earning a split-decision victory -- and breaking Ali's jaw in the process..."

We live in the future, you know. - Scientists Have 3D-Printed Mini Human Livers for the First Time Ever:

"Scientists at Organovo in San Diego have, for the very first time, been able to 3D print tiny replicas of human livers."

"I'm a bit fearful we're verging on what I call 'feelings territory.'" - "I'm not interested in caring about people."